Andrew The Great: you probably have the same set we have, a bunch of VCDs thrown in a DVD. Anyway, so you are creating artwork for the set you bought, eh? You can help a lot by creating the covers and menu artwork for us. I can upload several pictures and scans of the VHS tape boxes if you want .

guiltyspark: thanks a lot for the VHS captures, but if it's not too late I'd like to ask you to captire with a lossless codec (I recommend Lagarith in YUY2 mode) and send me that if possible. That way we can get the best quality out of it .


Official Lagarith homepage: http://lags.leetcode.net/codec.html
Or try this mirror: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lagarith_Lossless_Video_Codec.htm

anybody ever consider editing all the dark phoenix episodes together to make a movie more in line with the comic book unlike X-3 the last stand which took too many liberties. and i have heard that some fan editor's are going to take a stab at that one when it is released. I don't see how they can re-create the chris claremont comic without the footage though, using comic scans for the unfilmed missing scenes?

WOW - those screen caps of the latest filter look REAL DAMN FINE!!!!!

Hello,

I'm new here and this place looks great. This show is one of my all time favorites. I also bought a set on ebay awhile ago and made my own custom covers. When this project is done I would love to have a set and I could supply you with a set of the covers. The progress on this looks fantastic. Keep up the good work!

Hi,

I just found those pics during a google image search. They were high enough quality to where I could use them. Not sure what comic they came from. Sorry.

I did this one using an animation cel of the sentinel (same cel used on cover 3) and placed it over the original image and photochopped it together. Turned out pretty cool. Also, none of pics are screencaps except for the three pics on the back covers. They are all animation cels.

Wow, some of those look amazing. By the way, I'll be posting some comparison screenshots of the work I'm doing with the X-Men Anime intros from YouTube .


[edit]guiltyspark, what's the status on those Pizza Hut tapes?

Does anyone have or can find the "Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels" and cut a vov with the "Here Come the Heroes" movie?

BSherrod: I'd rather have them in a lossless format like Lagarith if possible. If you don't know how to do it, PM me and I'll tell you how. By the way, you can also help by hunting the net for subtitles, pictures and music every now and then.

Everyone: here are the results of a preliminary filterchain on those anime intros

Before:


After:

BSherrod: I know about DRG4's site and am very interested in getting some of the rare footage he shows. Sadly, he seems to only have them as RM, which is probably even worse than the FLV's from YouTube. I don't think I tried e-mailing him to see if he could send me high quality versions of the footage he has, but I'll do so soon, thanks for reminding me .
As for ToonZone, I never visited the site, but found out about the real episode order by googling for it, which led me to their forums. I'll see if they can confirm the legitimacy of the real episode order.
The TV captures are phenomenal: they are softer than the DVD rips and (IIRC) the VHS captures, but they are leagues better than both as they don't have the NASTY rainbowing and haloing from the DVDs or the HORRENDOUS telecining of the VHS tapes. After filtering they look simply awesome .

Booshman: thanks for the encouragement . Now that I found good spanish audio sources, the only thing we need to find are subtitles for each episode (in english, spanish or both) and pictures from which the menus will designed.

Here are the results of my latest (and probably final) filterchain for the FLV anime intros:




By the way, I've been thinking about the subtitles, since the release is still going to take some time, would you guys volounteer to create the subtitles? I can provide you with all you need for it, and if you dedicate it only 5 minutes a day you can have a whole chapter done in two weeks or less. What do you say?

I don't mind doing subtitles for an episode or two. I don't think I could do more than that though.

EDIT: I just remembered that I'm involved in too many projects right now to be able to help. Perhaps in a few weeks I could do an episode or two.

klokwerk: thanks for volounteering . I'll have the second episode uploaded soon, along with the necessary tools.

marioxb: we would be very grateful if you could help out with the subs. Let me know if/when can you do some.

You can download the episode here:

http://www.31012.com/~azulftp/X-Men(subbing)1-01.avi


and the subtitle creation tool here:

http://www.31012.com/~azulftp/subtitleworkshop251.zip


If you have any doubts on how to use the subtitle creator, dont' hesitate to ask. Thanks for volounteering, I really appreciate it .